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ID number:  BIRBI-B1486
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Justin II; Sophia; Antioch
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Antioch
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  572-573
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.95
Weight (g):  11.05
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 3157. B.A. Seaby, 1957.
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Description:  Obverse: Justin and Sophia, nimbate, seated on a lyre-backed double throne facing; Sophia wearing trefoil ornament, holding a sceptre in l.hand; Justin wearing a trefoil ornament, holding a sceptre in r. hand; globus cruciger positioned in between them, Sophia holding it with her r. hand, and Justin with his l. hand. Reverse: M with cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: … Ч AτM (garbled inscription). Reverse: ANNO ϚII (Year 8). Mint mark: τHЄЧPo. Officina: Γ (3).

Bibliography:  MIB II 57a

4 Related People

Haines_Geoffrey-T.jpg
Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Justin II
Byzantine
c.520
October 578
Sophia
Byzantine
Before 530
After 600
Antioch



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